https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:4563 Wed 11 Apr 2018 14:09:52 AEST ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:28427 Commentaries on the Gallic War, Caesar makes few references to women. In Book One, he records the existence of a few high-ranking women, but he does so only in terms of their relationships to important Gallic or German leaders, and he does not bother to name them. Even when he specifies that certain women were captured or killed, he refers to them generically, not by name, and only rarely does he attribute any function to women outside the confines of the household. Caesar’s lack of interest in the activities of women is not surprising because his Commentarii describe events in the theatre of war. and here women had no role as actors, only as victims/ Despite this almost singular focus on men’s affairs, there are three anecdotes that centre on the actions and attitudes of Gallic women in towns under military threat from the Romans: the first at Bratuspantium, the second at Avaricum, and the third, at Gergovia.]]> Tue 21 Mar 2023 11:12:45 AEDT ]]> https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:2520 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:31:08 AEDT ]]>